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Expand Up @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Find more about us at [eProsima’s webpage](https://eprosima.com/).

For simplicity, the eProsima Shapes Demo installation manual follows the Colcon installation, since eProsima *Fast DDS*
and *Fast CDR* dependencies are downloaded and installed at the same time that eProsima Shapes Demo is built.
However, the user must assure that **Qt5** is installed, since it is a requirement for eProsima Shapes Demo.
However, the user must assure that **Qt5** (minimum version required: 5.9) is installed, since it is a requirement for eProsima Shapes Demo. Link to official website [here](https://download.qt.io/new_archive/qt/).
To install eProsima Shapes Demo using Colcon, please follow the steps below:

1. Install the eProsima *Fast DDS* dependencies and verify that the system meets the installation requirements.
Expand All @@ -38,16 +38,25 @@ To install eProsima Shapes Demo using Colcon, please follow the steps below:

**Windows**: To build and run the application on Windows, add the path to the ``vcs`` executable to the ``PATH``
from the *Edit the system environment variables* control panel. Moreover, set the *CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH* environmental
variable to the Qt folder for the Visual Studio version you are compiling against (C:\Qt\5.7\msvc2015_64 for
example). You will also need to add the /bin/ folder to the path (C:\Qt\5.7\msvc2015_64\bin for example).
variable to the Qt folder for the Visual Studio version you are compiling against (C:\Qt\5.9\msvc2015_64 for
example). You will also need to add the /bin/ folder to the path (C:\Qt\5.9\msvc2015_64\bin for example).

3. Create a `ShapesDemo` directory and download the repos file that will be used to install
eProsima Shapes Demo and its dependencies:

### Linux

$ mkdir -p ShapesDemo/src && cd ShapesDemo
$ wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/eProsima/ShapesDemo/master/shapes-demo.repos
$ vcs import src < shapes-demo.repos

### Windows

$ mkdir -p ShapesDemo/src
$ cd ShapesDemo
$ wget -O shapes-demo.repos https://raw.githubusercontent.com/eProsima/ShapesDemo/master/shapes-demo.repos
$ vcs import src --input .\shapes-demo.repos

4. Build the packages:

$ colcon build
Expand All @@ -70,7 +79,7 @@ To install eProsima Shapes Demo using Colcon, please follow the steps below:

6. Run eProsima Shapes Demo:

$ ShapesDemo
$ build\ShapesDemo\Release\ShapesDemo.exe


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